By Stephen Shankland
Published: Wednesday 16 February 2005
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Seems like they're getting pretty blatent at abusing the intellectual propery laws and are actually proud of it. When are they gonna admit that the patents should be more strictly given and a limit to how many you can get in a year.
I hope for your sake that the UK doesn't adopt my country's laws. We're trying to get them changed but if the abuse continues I'm sure they may find patents a local issue in some states. Someone is bound to sue eventually with the way us americans sue.
So in the ' real' world, How does a startup get th...
Frank Smith
I doubt HP or anyone else who has invested in pate...
Richard Gallafent
Richard Gallafent is right about patents for brigh...
Alfred Reading
Seems like they're getting pretty blatent at abusi...
Anonymous
How are software patents different from any other?...
CPK Smithies
CPK Smithies asks why patents did not cause proble...
Alfred Reading
Just to deal with Mr Reading's point: left-hand sc...
CPK Smithies
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